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China indignant over US warhead
fuse shipment to Taiwan
AFP
Thursday, March 27, 2008
China on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" over
the revelation that the United States had mistakenly sent Taiwan
four nuclear warhead fuses in 2006.
The erroneous shipment of the fuses, which can be used to trigger
warheads on ballistic missiles, was only discovered last week,
the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
"We express our serious concern and strong dissatisfaction
and demand the US side investigate this incident," foreign
ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.
"We urge the US to cease selling military hardware to Taiwan
and end US-Taiwan military ties, or risk harming stability in
the Taiwan Strait and the healthy and stable development of China-US
ties."
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Nose cone assemblies containing the fuses were recovered on Monday
from Taiwan where they had been held in storage after being shipped
there as helicopter batteries, senior Pentagon officials said.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered an investigation
into the incident and a comprehensive review of the US inventory
of all nuclear-related components as well as of policies and procedures,
the officials said.
"We'll do a thorough investigation, and those who are responsible
will be held accountable. The secretary is quite forceful on this,"
said Ryan Henry, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for
policy.
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